This time, Philip almost fell from the couch. He grinned and said, “How is that possible? I don’t have that ability. I only have a bit of money. I think someone must have lodged a report against them.” Wynn frowned at Philip. She kept feeling that he was lying. However, she could not think of a reason for him to do so. Sensing Wynn’s suspicious glance, Philip said guiltily, “Why are you looking at me that way? Don’t you know what I look like? Okay, now that your company’s affairs have been resolved, you should take good care of your health. This time, you’re not allowed to go anywhere. Do you hear me?” Wynn gave her consent, continued watching the news on the screen, and then looked back at Philip who was still on the sofa reading the newspaper with his legs propped. Was it really not him? “By the way, Phil, when are you going to introduce your friend to me?” Wynn suddenly asked while drinking her soup. Philip was startled. Wynn was asking a lot of questions today.
Martha immediately turned around, took Wynn's little hand, and persuaded her. “Wynnie, I’m trying to take care of you, of course. How could this hospital be compared to me? So, let’s go home and let me take care of you, okay?” “It’s alright, Mom. Staying in the hospital is fine. The nurses take good care of me, and they have the most advanced equipment here.” Wynn declined Martha’s kind intentions. This time, Martha was getting anxious. She was here today to persuade Wynn so that she could take care of her. That way, she could move back to the villa in a justified manner. “How could that be good enough? Mom has gone through this before. Who can take care of you better than me? You’re my daughter. Do you think I’d harm you?” Martha immediately retorted. Her intentions were very obvious. She would not relent until Wynn agreed. Wynn continued to decline painstakingly. “Mom, it’s really alright. I can stay in the hospital.” After this sentence, Martha covered her face and sta
Philip thought for a moment, forced out a smile to cover his tracks, and said, “It’s nothing. Have an apple.” With that, he passed the apple in his hand to Wynn. Wynn glanced at him a couple of times but did not pursue the question and began to frown instead. What was he trying to say just now? In the afternoon, Philip returned to the villa. As soon as he entered the villa, he saw Martha and Amelia on the couch discussing something. Martha just glanced at him lightly without acknowledging him. Philip ignored her too. The two acted like strangers. After Philip went upstairs, Amelia said to Martha, “Martha, you’ve no idea what a hard time I had when you were kicked out of the villa. I didn’t even dare to show up in front of him for fear that he’d drive me away.” Indeed. After Martha was kicked out the other day, Amelia received a warning. If she wanted to stay on, she was not allowed to cause any trouble. Martha snorted coldly and said, “What are you afraid of?
Very soon, Martha lost all the money she won, so she borrowed again after losing only to end up losing what she had just borrowed. After a few rounds, she had already lost ten million! In the end, Martha flew into a rage and left angrily, yelling, “I’m not playing anymore! It’s a scam!” While cursing, she wanted to take Amelia and run away quickly. However, two burly tattooed men blocked Martha’s path. A person who looked like a manager smiled politely at Martha and said, “Madam Yates, may I ask when do you plan to repay the money you’ve borrowed?” Martha had never experienced such a scenario before, so she stammered fearfully, “I… I’ll ask my son-in-law to pay it back. I need to go home and take care of my daughter now.” With that, she attempted to rush past them. However, the two tattooed men directly held Martha back. The manager took out Martha’s IOU and said, “Madam Yates, please take a good look at it. You’ve borrowed 100 million from my casino. If you don’t rep
Martha was anxious and scared stiff. The other party had so many people with them. It was quite obvious that they would not let her go if she could not get the money. Damn that Philip for hanging up on her at this time! Was he really going to leave her to die?! “Philip, bring the money and save me right now!” Martha roared, looking very miserable and disheveled. Standing at the door of the villa, Philip sneered, “Martha, you gambled and lost. Why are you asking me for money?” “What do you mean? You’re my son-in-law. What’s wrong with asking you for money?” Martha glanced at the manager who was sitting while playing with the dagger in his hand. She was so scared that she started trembling and quickly said, “Okay! If you don’t give me the money, I’ll call Wynn!” Philip was stuck when he heard Wynn’s name. This damned Martha Yates was really inhuman. Out of desperation, Philip had to agree. “Where?” Soon, Martha sent the address to him. Philip thought for a while, ca
“I need you to help me get this from Philip Clarke,” Margot smiled and said, blinking her pretty big eyes while strutting in cat-like steps. When Martha heard this, her head buzzed. Was this thing very valuable? She was beaten up by Philip because of this item last time. Was she going to steal it again? “Um, Miss Pearson, I’m afraid I can’t do it. Philip always carries this thing with him. I can’t get hold of it.” Martha was apologetic and hesitant, making it seem like it was a difficult feat. Margot smiled faintly and poured herself a glass of red wine. Her red lips slightly parted as she said, “Madam Yates, that’s your problem. It’s okay if you don’t want the deal.” Having said that, the two burly bodyguards directly dragged Martha to the window and made a gesture to push her out! The rolling waves down below were horrifying! This time, Martha burst into tears with fright and shouted desperately, “I’ll do it! Don’t push me down!” Margot motioned to her subordina
The bald man frowned and sneered menacingly, “Young man, do you know where this is? You dare to refuse? Believe it or not, I’ll throw you into the river with your mother-in-law!” Hearing this threat, Martha could no longer sit still. She got up quickly and yelled at Philip, “Philip, you have money now, so why don’t you give it? Do you really want to see me get thrown into the river?” Martha was furious. Philip, that b*stard, actually refused? Could he not tell that no one would leave this place without paying?! “Shut up!” Philip turned to glare at Martha and said, “You’re the one who owes them money. Why should I pay? If you want to leave here in one piece, shut up!” With that, Martha swallowed her next sentence. Yes, her life was in Philip’s hands now. If she provoked him now, it would be over for her. Philip glanced at the bald man and said grimly, “I want to see how my mother-in-law lost the 100 million to you.” This was obviously a set-up. The bald man chuckle
When Martha saw Philip’s calm look, she felt furious and could not wait to kick Philip to death. However, she did not consider that Philip was here to save her. Soon, the chips were sent up. The bald man looked at Philip’s chips worth 100 and chuckled. Then, he threw him 100,000 chips from his side and said, “Don’t say that I, Baloo, am bullying you. I’ll give you 100,000 worth of chips!” Philip smiled but did not refuse. “What are we playing?” Baloo asked cheerfully. Philip said calmly, “Whatever.” Baloo became more interested and said, “Let’s play sic bo then. Simple and fast.” Philip nodded in agreement. Soon, the game began. In the first few rounds, Philip did not make the right choices. Seeing the pile of chips on the table getting smaller and smaller, Martha and Amelia were anxious! “Philip, do you know how to play? Why do you keep losing? Are you doing this deliberately?” Martha admonished and could not wait to play on his behalf. His luck was too rotten.
Other members of the family had been so pampered that no one could fight Ronan either. All of them were sent flying, and some of them hung on the tree miserably. Philip laughed at the scene. These people had always treated Ronan as a pushover when, in fact, Ronan was a force to be reckoned with. None of them was a match for him. “I know that other than my uncle, some other people were also involved in harming my mother, but I don’t know who they are. You'd better hand them over or no one will leave this place alive today.” Ronan’s killing intent was very intense. He was clearly very angry. Everyone panicked and looked around carefully, at a loss for what to do. They saw the fear in each other’s eyes. The family head had taken Ronan's uncle and some other people to a city. It was difficult for them to find a decision-maker when the elders were not around. The instigator from back then was not around either. Who else could they look for? “Calm down. This matter has nothin
Ronan’s uncle did not hesitate to force his elder sister to her death just to kick the most promising descendant out of the family. This grudge was unforgivable. Everyone laughed at Ronan’s audacity to seek revenge. Only a fool would dare to do that. “Do you know how powerful your uncle is?” “Although he’s not here now, he’s not someone you can afford to mess with.” Everyone mocked Ronan without taking him seriously at all. “Did you hear what I said?” Ronan scowled. These people kept disregarding his request and paid no attention to him. He felt very upset. “Since you won’t hand him over, I’ll beat you until he appears. If he’s not here, other people can take his place.” He knew that his uncle was quite powerful and would often go to other towns or cities for networking. While it was true that he might not be around, it did not mean that Ronan would not make trouble for the others. Everyone looked at Ronan arrogantly, waiting to see what Ronan would do. Suddenly, Rona
The guards were taken aback by Ronan’s sudden arrogance and looked at him doubtfully. “What’s up with you? Do you want to take action?” “After all these years, have you finally decided to avenge your mother?” They kept taunting Ronan without realizing how angry he was. “I repeat—I want to see the people who forced my mother to her death back then!” Ronan stomped his foot in anger and glared at everyone around him. The guards were startled because they finally felt Ronan’s strength with that stomp. They did not expect him to be that strong. Maybe because of Ronan’s fury, they finally realized his might and quickly scrambled into the manor. Philip saw the name on a plaque—Claude Manor. The place looked pretty imposing, and Philip felt a stab of longing as he looked around. Philip stood without a word. His main objective was to help Ronan. The guards ran away in a panic. They knew that Ronan was going to make things difficult for them. “It’s bad. Ronan is at the door
The man could not resist because he was alone. Next time, he would bring more people to deal with Philip. Philip saw his resentment but took no notice of it. No matter how much he resented Philip, he would not survive tonight. Such an arrogant and domineering person would not live to see the sun tomorrow. “Y-You hit him?” Ronan looked at Philip in disbelief, shocked that Philip would stand up for him. Although he usually appeared simple and kind, he was not a fool. He knew that Philip hit that guy to protect him. “If you meet such people again, just fight them and don’t worry about unnecessary things. You don't want to fight because you’re afraid of losing the right to enter the town, but you’re my brother from now on. “I can take care of your wine supply, and we can find other ways to make money. You don’t have to waste your efforts and live under someone else's roof anymore,” Philip said arrogantly, not taking these people seriously at all. Hearing that, Ronan nodded with
A man stepped forward at this time. “Ronan, have you completed your task? I have another task for you. Hurry up with it! I want you to hunt a thousand rabbits, and I’ll pay you one crystal for them. What do you think?” He had a smirk on his face. He was clearly trying to rip Ronan off. Ronan frowned. “Based on the market price, you should pay me at least ten crystals.” Hearing that, the man was unhappy. “That’s the price for a human. Who do you think you are? Giving you some money is good enough for you!” Ronan clenched his fist, and the man stepped back. “What are you doing? Do you want to pick a fight here? Once you make a move, someone like you will lose the chance to enter the town again! And you can forget about getting another task!” the other party threatened Ronan fearfully. He knew that Ronan was very powerful, but he had a good temper, so everyone always bullied him. “Is there a rule in the town that prohibits fighting?” Philip asked curiously. The smirking ma
Ronan and Philip moved forward and finally arrived at the human town. Philip looked around curiously and found that it was a large city. Humans had done quite well in developing a city. “If you’re not happy with this place, you can consider going to the city in the west. You can find many human territories nearby. I don’t know why humans are unwilling to live together but prefer to build cities everywhere!” Ronan was not human, so he could not understand it. “Although my mother is a human, I’m not. I only remember living in that hut since I was born. No other race is willing to accept me, including humans.” Ronan was embarrassed because he had scales on his body that were clearly visible at sea but not so much on land. Humans were unwilling to classify Ronan as a human because of that. Philip nodded, surprised to hear his pitiful plight. Not only did he not have his own race, but his mother’s race was unwilling to acknowledge him too. “That’s awful. Why don't you join u
“This is it, crystal! This little stone can get me a big bottle of wine! Since I’m lucky enough to meet you today, I’ll give it to you!” Ronan clearly had no concept of money. Philip took the stone from Ronan’s hand and found that it was no different from an energy stone. He tried to return the stone to Ronan, who rejected it. “I don't have much concept of money, but I know that money is indispensable if you want to go to the place where humans live. Just take it. I'm afraid that you’ll be detained if you don't have money. I was detained once before!” Philip was touched by Ronan’s words. He took out a bottle of wine from the space ring and handed it to Ronan. Although the wine was nothing to Philip, it was a rare treasure to Ronan, who had never tasted good wine. “What’s this?” Ronan curiously took the bottle of wine that Philip handed to him. He put it to his nose, sniffed it carefully, and was soon bursting with excitement. “This is good stuff! Do you want to sell it to m
“You’re not from a big family? In that case, how did you become so strong at such a young age?” Ronan looked at Rabbit in surprise too. “I thought you were from a big family, one of the best! After all, only such families have the power to capture summoned beasts for their descendants!” Obviously, Ronan had misunderstood Rabbit’s identity. Rabbit blinked blankly, wondering what Ronan was talking about. “Summoned beast? I'm not a summoned beast; I'm just an ordinary rabbit!” Seeing Ronan’s confusion, Rabbit smugly introduced himself. Although he had no idea what a summoned beast meant, it did not sound imposing, so Rabbit did not like it at all. Ronan was startled to hear that Rabbit was not a summoned beast but a creature with intelligence. He felt very powerful. “Indeed, he’s not a summoned beast but my pet. You can think of him as my partner. I’m more curious about this place.” Philip was puzzled, wondering what was going on in this world. He had not seen any towns so f
“This is the survival of the fittest! We were much stronger than them, so they were at our mercy, just like how we’re at your mercy now!” Someone stepped forward, his voice trembling as if he wanted to rebuke Philip. Seeing his timid appearance but bold attempt, Philip sneered, “In that case, I’m stronger than you, so there’s nothing wrong with killing you. You should pray that I won’t kill you in the cruelest way possible.” Philip raised his sword and killed the fish creature who voiced up. Any sign of weakness and these people would think they had a chance to survive. Ronan applauded Philip’s decisiveness and quickly joined the battle. Philip smiled at Ronan’s excitement. He simply wanted to vent. Over the years, he had been working so hard for his family and their future that he had almost lost sight of himself. He realized that maybe he should live for himself from now on. He wanted to become stronger and dominate the world. He knew that this was a real world. Although